Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 25, 2006, 9:45 AM GMT+13 (20:45 UTC), 427 km (265 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-24 20:45:08 UTC
Depth
426.8 km (265.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.358° S, 177.967° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000ehvn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1260 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7432 days ago · 600 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.1290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.8292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7416 days ago · 586 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.2285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7406 days ago · 548 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 6.3Fiji region · 7404 days ago · 570 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.9292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7402 days ago · 600 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.5269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 449 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 7391 days ago · 617 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.0282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7390 days ago · 659 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 7388 days ago · 376 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 7388 days ago · 574 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 489 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 5.7Fiji region · 7385 days ago · 597 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.3290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7384 days ago · 479 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 7384 days ago · 545 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 5.7Fiji region · 7383 days ago · 587 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 5.1Fiji region · 7447 days ago · 635 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 7448 days ago · 555 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.8291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 377 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 7454 days ago · 571 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7462 days ago · 546 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 7464 days ago · 554 km deep · 40 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehvn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC.